Bahrain
Compared with Egypt, using real observed prices.
Baseline: 
Egypt = 1×
Bahrain
vs
Egypt
Overall verdict
Bahrain is about 1.60× Egypt.
Average across 3 categories, 5 items with data
The shape of prices (vs Egypt = 1×)
How to read this
The centre line is Egypt. A bar running right means Bahrain is pricier; running left means cheaper. The thin bar behind shows the range from the cheapest to the priciest item in that category.
← Cheaper than Egypt
Egypt = 1×
Bahrain is pricier →
Egypt
Egypt = 1×
Bahrain is pricier →
Thin bar shows the range (cheapest to priciest item in the category)
In Bahrain, Electricity 1kWh (household) costs 2.1× what it does in Egypt — but Natural gas 1kWh (household) costs only 1.2×. What is expensive here is energy, not the goods that carry a world price.
Real prices. Real sources. Real dates.
-
Electricity 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×2.09Bahrain
EGP 2.27
USD 0.048Egypt
EGP 1.09
USD 0.023
-
Big Mac 1 burger ×1.80Bahrain
EGP 225.55
BHD 1.8Egypt
EGP 125.00
EGP 125
-
Diesel 1L 1 L ×1.51Bahrain
EGP 28.67
USD 0.607Egypt
EGP 18.99
USD 0.402
-
Gasoline 1L 1 L ×1.39Bahrain
EGP 30.94
USD 0.655Egypt
EGP 22.20
USD 0.47
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Natural gas 1kWh (household) 1 kWh ×1.18Bahrain
EGP 0.61
USD 0.013Egypt
EGP 0.52
USD 0.011
See what really changed
Big Mac, 2021 → 2026At the timeUsing the exchange rate of each date
+20%
in BHD
1.5 → 1.8
1.5 → 1.8
vs
At today's rateUsing today's exchange rate
+262%
in EGP
It rose 20% in local currency, but 262% in yours. Most of what you feel is the exchange rate, not Bahrain's inflation.
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